Stigmabase | North America

Cincinnati Reds to Host Pride Night in June for LGBTQ Fans - The NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers and NHL's Columbus Blue Jackets also host annual events for LGBTQ fans. There's a Pride Night listed for Saturday, ...

A Man Was Fired for Being Trans. This is Why We Need the Equality Act Now - An estimated 50 percent of LGBTQ Americans live in states where they're at risk of being fired, denied housing, or refused service because of their ...

GLAAD accuses Trump of “normalizing” Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's anti- LGBTQ rhetoric -  LGBTQ media advocacy GLAAD is criticizing President Trump for “normalizing” the anti- LGBTQ actions and rhetoric of Brazilian President Jair ...

A 2020 Candidates Forum On LGBTQ Rights Is Happening, So Add It To Your Calendar - The Washington Post reports that, for the first time in 12 years, there will be a 2020 candidates' forum on LGBTQ rights. It'll be the first time since 2008 ...

Sugarland Singer Jennifer Nettles Honored for LGBTQ Support - Sugarland singer Jennifer Nettles gave an impassioned speech when she was honored by the Human Rights Campaign for her support of the LGBTQ  ...

Netflix Is Rebooting Iconic LGBTQ Series 'Tales of the City' - Ellen Page, Laura Linney, Charlie Barnett, Murray Bartlett, Olympia Dukakis, and more are starring in Netflix's 2019 reboot of the classic ...

More than 115 faith leaders opposing bills they say demean the LGBTQ community - Some faith leaders are taking aim at six controversial bills they believe will demean the LGBTQ community. More than 115 faith leaders of various ...

Supreme Court rejects anti- LGBTQ Hawaiian bed & breakfast's 'religious freedom' case - The US Supreme Court has refused to hear a case involving a Hawaiian bed and breakfast that refused to allow a lesbian couple Diane Cervelli and ...

UNESCO Report Shows World's Most Vulnerable and Poor Paying More Than Rich for Clean Water - By contrast, the majority of people in Central and Southern Asia, Latin America , the Caribbean, Northern America , and Europe have access to "safely ...

What does America's human rights situation look like? -  The U.S. also had the highest rate of income inequality among Western countries and almost half of American households lived in financial difficulties, ...

New York City's Most Selective High Schools Also Most Segregated - year, despite concerted efforts to increase diversity – just the latest thread in an ongoing national debate about education inequality in America .

Sen. Elizabeth Warren calls for getting rid of the Electoral College system - I want a Washington that works for the rest of America . That's why I'm in this fight." ... Income inequality and taxing the rich to fund ambitious projects.

Cheap Labor Interests Didn't Elect Him. Working Class ... - As wages increase for our most vulnerable workers and more workers move back into America's middle class, the vast income inequality gap in the  ...

Trump Is Putting Refugee Children In Black Sites - Now it seems as if America is taking that same concept and applying it to ... In addition to this American horror show, according to Reveal, “Minors being ... a new spin on the longstanding horror of America's inherent racial inequality .

Beto O'Rourke is off to an uneven start on the campaign trail - He raised $6.1 million in the first 24 hours, beating all the other candidates in their first day. During his failed U.S. Senate race, O'Rourke raised $80 ...

If America Can't Fix Education, It Won't Beat Inequality - Anyone who believes the system is rigged would have experienced a grim “told you so” moment on March 12, when federal prosecutors charged 33 ...